News Gavin Williamson keeps education secretary role Gavin Williamson is to stay on as education secretary following a post-Brexit ministerial reshuffle. However, it’s not known whether… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Northern Powerhouse Partnership director tells education ministers they’ve ‘run out of time’ The director of George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse Partnership has called for skills policy to be fully devolved from Whitehall,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Williamson announces plan to scrap 5,000 qualifications – but will anybody notice? A consultation on plans to remove funding for more than 5,000 legacy qualifications at level three and below has… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ministerial ‘gap’ at the DfE needs to be resolved soon, says Tory MP A Conservative MP has called for the “gap” at the Department of Education for a dedicated apprenticeships and skills… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted grade 3 forces mega-college to appeal not to be kicked off the T-levels roll-out A college is bidding to stay on the T-level programme and prevent another cold spot from opening up after… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Sixth form college staff to strike against 16-19 funding cuts in lead up to the budget “Angry” sixth form college staff will hit the picket line tomorrow as they step up their protest against government… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Could free travel drive the sector to new heights? As the Manchester mayor’s flagship policy for students enters its second term, JL Dutaut asks if it’s one worth… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y JL Dutaut 6y News Exclusive College complaint forces Ofsted to reopen grade 4 inspection Ofsted inspectors will return to a college after the principal questioned the accuracy of serious safeguarding failure claims that… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted watch: Two sixth form colleges score top grades Two sixth form colleges have been declared ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, with one retaining their top grade after more than… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Minister warns college bosses it could go bust next year A minister has warned a college that it could go bust next year if learner losses are not reversed… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Government hands 36 Skills Advisory Panels another £2.7m Skills advisory panels have been handed another £2.7 million to identify local skills gaps and tackle them, education secretary… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE lobby Treasury with findings that FE can’t survive ‘as is’ without ‘relaxing the financial pressure’ Colleges are providing “good quality” FE despite facing “significant cost pressures” and if the sector is to survive “as… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 1d Shane Chowen 1d Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo